> The issue though here is around consent pop-ups being found to violate the GDPR. Pop ups doesn't violate GDPR. Making a system, pop up or otherwise, that is

> The issue though here is around consent pop-ups being found to violate the GDPR. Pop ups doesn't violate GDPR. Making a system, pop up or otherwise, that is significantly harder to opt out of than opting into and then going on to pretending that users deliberately chose tracking however, that is a violation. The rules are simple: tracking is opt in. You have to convince users there's something in it for them. And, as someone who gave especially Google the benefit of doubt for the longest time I can testify that for me at least it did not result in relevant ads at all. Relevat ads would be: - local shops (I got two ads for local shops in a decade) - family cars (I bought three used ones during that decade, not a single Google ad that I can remember) - programming conferences - power tools - programming tools (one for Jetbrains tools five years ago, also a few for WordPress hosting after I searched for it.) - insurance - toys for kids - family holidays - etc What I got: - ads for scammy dating sites